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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2005
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1906
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education system affect equality of educational opportunity. Our model predicts that late tracking and a long pre-school cycle are beneficial for equality, while pre-school enrollment is detrimental at low levels of enrollment and beneficial at higher levels. Using cross-country variations in education policies and their interaction with family background at the student level, we provide empirical evidence supportive of these predictions.
Schlagwörter: 
equality of opportunity
educational production
family background
student performance
tracking
pre-school
efficiency-equity tradeoff
JEL: 
I21
J62
H52
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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